~ALFREDO MARTINEZ . . “THE REAL FAKE” / BASQUIAT – CLOSING PARTY: TO-NITE, THURS SEPT 7 / 6-10 PM
LOL, HURRICANE ALFREDO – HITS THE EAST COAST.
ALFREDO MARTINEZ – “THE REAL FAKE” . . !!
CLOSING PARTY – TO-NITE !! THURS SEPT 7, 2017 / 6 – 10 PM
CONTRA GALLERIES, 122 W.26TH ST. 6TH FL, CHELSEA
what else is new ?
they picked up the show – and moved it a few doors over !!
everybody jumping on the rippin’ bandwagon – that is . . Alfredo.
lit . . from within, is all I can say !!
ALFREDO TAKES US ON A WILD, RADIANT RIDE . . .
& PRESENTS US WITH: AN IMAGINARY, BASQUIAT / MID-CAREER RETROSPECTIVE,
ART WORKS – UP FROM THE DEEP AUTHORITY of the REAL BASQUIAT FORGER – HIMSELF.
IMPULSE, IMPULSE, if not . . SPEAKING IN TONGUES – RASTA, CARIB ISLAND STYLE / VOO-DOO !!
NEVER FLAT, NEVER.
THIS VIBE IS SO . . JEAN-MICHEL, IT IS RADIANT CHILD V.02 ALL THE WAY.
THAT’S .. WHAT’S SO CRAZY !!
when they say, he’s the REAL Fake . . they ain’t talkin’ trash.
I’m sayin’ . .
DEFINITE, CATCH ONE !! – WHILE YOU CAN / IT’S A FEW GRAND $$ TO ALFIE – OR ELSE,
SOME VERY VERY BIG BUCKS TO THE BIG AUCTIONS – TO HAVE THE SAME VIBRANT DANCE . . OF THE INNER MIND / ON YOUR . . . WALL.
FOR SURE, IT’S LANDMARK, UNDERGROUND ART . . not, to mention – a great conversation piece, all full-on context, with bragging rights / & stories to tell.
ALFREDO MARTINEZ, ‘Untitled’, 2017 . . in “THE REAL FAKE”.
acrylic paint on cardboard with Alfredo’s signature . . DIY / HANDMADE GLUE-PASTE / COLLAGE PAPER SURFACE, 50 x 40 in.
($5,000)
“PAW” / “WILLIAM HANNA – JOSEPH BARBARA” / “OUTSMART WARRIORS” / “IMPORTED CHEESES”
what a . . joker.
clown.
tears of a clown.
“COMMON BATTLE WEAPONS” / “NORTH”
“PARTICIPATING” / “GUILT”
“THIS LAND / THIS LAND NOW IT’S IN” . . . deep shit.
“THIS LAND IS” . . .
a) FUCKED
b) BROOKLYN GLUTEN-FREE & KALE-ORGANIC NON-GMO VIBE – TAKES OVER COMPLETELY / SHUTS DOWN GIANT MALLS
c) TOO PC / FUCK APPROPRIATION / DNA MASH-UP FOREVER / RESPECT COPYRIGHT / ESP. PHOTO COPYRIGHT
d) long live KARA WALKER
e) long live PSEUDO-WLIP
f) beware AI / algorithm / cosmic creation
g) ALL OF THE ABOVE !!
note: black nanny dolls – does come to mind / slavery
“AUSTRO – RUSSIAN” . . !!
hey, I’m . . AUSTRO-RUSSIAN. before I was Canadian. before I was a maudit anglais / Leonard Cohen gen 2 Montrealaise / before I was a NEW YORKER. LOWER EAST SIDE, 1980.
I lived on Rivington St / just up a few doors from the Bowery.in a storefront. JEAN-MICHEL was my friend, we used to chat in the Bodega !! on Prince St. at Elizabeth all the time. YES, I still hear him talking to me, still. all the time. he was like my only friend, everybody else blew me off.
yeah, so many . . stories to tell. the RIP ghosts / the dead artist club.
Jean-Michel. Keith Haring. (Jack Goldstein by work only). Eddie Slater. Simon Cerigo. Dan Asher. Mark Enger of EXPL SKY / RIP all my ghosts, my beautiful ghost army.
on the right, PAUL-ANTHONY NAVARRO, with his dad . . PAUL-ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ.
PAUL-ANTHONY NAVARRO co-curated “THE REAL FAKE” – and his big story to tell, so far !!
. . is, he came up with that million bucks – title !!
his dad, Paul-Anthony, Sr . . apparently has some stories to tell, too.
at “THE REAL FAKE” opening, SEPT 1, 2017. 3Squared Gallery.
obviously, with stories to tell:
AARON OLSHAN, ALFREDO MARTINEZ & STEVE MAASS, founder of CONTRA GALLERY. . where the closing party is taking place !! to-night !!
at “THE REAL FAKE” opening, SEPT 1, 2017. 3Squared Gallery, midtown.
BYRON HUART, with stories to tell . . .
I work on the FERRY, and I make paintings of ships.
yeah, that’s how Jean-Michel rolled. he’s just roll into people. you’d meet up at a corner, he didn’t care who, what. just loved that juice. that street play. that free play. what going on in your head, tomboy girl. that street artist talk. and the stories would spill into the gritty night. no dough. nowhere to go. same old same old. used to show me his tags.
and just when it looked like it was heading up, sure enuff – it was really all just going downhill. you know. and, real fast.
lots of $$$ and real fast. you had to pick: did you want to live / or did you want to die.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH